In a surprising development, India has joined China, Russia and Pakistan in opposing former US President Donald Trump’s reported attempt to take control of Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase. The development comes just days before Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is due to visit New Delhi later this week.

Bagram, located around 40 kilometres north of Kabul, was the largest US airbase in Afghanistan and served as the main hub for American operations during the 20-year war against the Taliban.

Trump recently warned that “bad things are going to happen” if the airbase is not handed back to the United States, citing the need to counter China’s growing influence in the region.

However, a joint statement released on Tuesday after the eighth Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan stron

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